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Inside Flagstaff surpasses Phoenix and Tucson in gas prices
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AUTUMN ROMERO
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
Gas prices are continu­ously
skyrocketing toward $4
across the country, and out of
the three university towns in
' the state of Arizona, Flagstaff is
experiencing the most expen­sive
gas prices.
With $3.85 as the most
recent average high in Flagstaff,
it generally takes $30-70 to fill
up a car's tank. Two years ago,
the average price was $2.95 per
gallon in Flagstaff.
According to Arizona-
GasPrices.com, the state of
Arizona follows the U.S. aver­age.
The price is broken down
into four categories (taxes, dis­tribution
and marketing, refin­ing
and crude oil), and each
person who fills up a tank pays
for a certain percentage of each
category, the most being crude
oil coming from foreign or do­mestic
sources.
It is more expensive to
distribute gas to Flagstaff be­cause
it is in a more rural en­vironment
than Phoenix or
Tucson, and, therefore, more
difficult to deliver to because
there are fewer stations and its
distance from the other two
main cities of Arizona.
“Every time I come up
to Flagstaff for snowboarding,
the gas prices are higher and
higher,” said Phoenix resident
Shannon Jenkins. “Phoenix
prices are nothing like Flag­staff’s.
And Holbrooks are even
worse. It all has to do with get­ting
the gas to those stations”
The population of a city
slightly determines the prices.
If a town, such as Holbrook or
Flagstaff, has lower population
than a metropolitan city, such
as Phoenix and Tucson, the
prices are going to be higher
because of the relative shortage
of demand. The more people
there are to pay for gas, the less
strain there is on stations to
make up for distribution and
marketing.
“It does get a little upset­ting
to switch the gas boards
to higher prices everyday,”
said Conoco manager Frank
Gillespie. "It iust cannot be
Chad Seston/The Lumberiack
A GAS STATION in Flagstaff showing its current gas prices. Gas prices are higher in
Flagstaff than the other major Arizona cities, Phoenix and Tucson.
any lower than it is because
the profits pay tor the delivery
and for the gas itself, as well as
other things like pump mainte
nance. 1 know station owners
who have stopped ordering gas
because it isn’t worth it any­more."
Gillespie said Flagstaff
has the cheapest gas in the
area.
‘ Being here in town helps
because it’s in between Las Ve-
Sm GAS, Pa*# 6
Bill bans
same-sex
marriage,
again
DAVID PINCUS
T h e L u m b e r j a c k .
A dispute over the
wording in Proposition 102
was resolved on Aug. 28,
ending a disagreement be­tween
Secretary of State Jan
Brewer and Attorney Gen­eral
Terry Goddard; Arizona
voters will be informed that
if they vote “no1* on the bill
to ban same-sex marriage
in the state constitution, gay
marriage and civil unions
still will not be legal.
Brewer sued Goddard
in late August over the ex­planation
of “no" on the No­vember
ballot. It is the sec­retary
of state’s duty to draft
a bill’s language, while the
attorney general is respon­sible
for approving it.
The proposition, as *
submitted by -Goddard,
mentioned a state statute
in 1996 which exclusively
defined marriage as a male-female
union. Brewer did
not want this statute to be
referenced in the bill and in­stead
wanted it to say a vote
against Prop. 102 would,
"have the effect of retaining
the current Laws regarding
marriage”
Brewer initially said
she felt it would be too con­fusing
to mention the past
law. While she stands by that
statement, she did admit in
a report by Capitol Media
Services that she wanted
the revamped definition
because without one, fewer
people might vote for it.
Kevin Tyne, the dep­uty'
secretary of state, insists
politics did not Influence
Brewer’s actions.
"Wilat the secretary of
state was concerned about
was not confusing the vot­ers
and not crafting partial
language,” Tyne said. “She
was taking the attorney gen­eral
to task because he over­stepped
his boundaries. Its
all water under the bridge
now, because the two were
See MARRIAGE,
Page 5
Teal ribbons raise awareness about sexual assualt
STEPHANIE HARRIS
T h e L u m b €Rj a c k
The Teal Ribbon Cam­paign
has once again come
to the NAU campus, raising
awareness of sexual assault and
rape.
The. Teal Ribbon Cam­paign,
formerly known as the
Purple Ribbon Campaign, is
the fall sexual assault awareness
campaign organized by Associ­ated
Students for Women’s Is­sues
(ASWI). It is designed to
distribute teal colored ribbons
to students at NAU to wear in
solidarity with survivors, and
to show a dedication to sexual
assault prevention on campus
and in the community.
ASWI decided to change
the color of the ribbon purple
to teal to align their campaign
with a similar one in the com­munity.
The first event for The
Teal Ribbon campaign was
Teal Voices, a night of spoken
word held in the Liberal Arts
building last week. The poetry
reading in LA 135 all centered
on sexual assualt and rape.
Liz Lyon, a junior an­thropology
major, read poetry
at the event. She spoke about
being rexually assaulted in her
dorm freshman year.
“It was the hardest, most
wonderful year of my life,”
Lyon said at Teal Voices.
“It went from assault to
trial and the assaulter defended
himself in court” Lyon contin­ued.
“I was forced to speak in
front of strangers about what
he did to me. 1 have become a
stronger woman from my ex­periences
and it made me able
to speak here today.”
According to the Teal
Ribbon Campaigns handouts,
one in six students is sexually
assualted.
See RIBBON, Paqe 7
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Crooked Sky harvests link to land, food and farmers
CAYSON MORISON OF CROOKED SKY tends the Crooked Sky Farms booth. Crooked Sky Farms w o rk s in p a rtn e rs h ip with C o m m u n ity Supported
Agriculture to provide naturally-grown produce to the Flagstaff community. CSA members get a variety o f produce th ro u g h th e fa ll, winter an d spring
seasons for $20 a week.
KATE HINOJOSA
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
-j- Enjoy localiy-gxown pro­duce
through fall, winter and
spring for just $20 a week.
Begi nning Oct. 9, farmer
Frank Martin’s Crooked Sky
Farms will be delivering nat­urally-
grown produce from
Glendale to Community Sup­ported
Agriculture Project
(CSA) members at Bibly Re­search
Center on campus.
Members of CSA pay $20
in advance, risking the possib-lity
of a bad harvest, while sup­porting
independent tarming.
Shea Bodine, a sopho­more
biology major, said she
can taste the difference be­tween
locally-grown produce
and vegetables bought from a
grocery store.
“I only purchase my pro­duce
through local farmer’s
markets,” Bodine said. “I 9m
all for supporting local sellers,
plus knowing where my food
is coming from and how it is
grown makes me continue my
shoppmg habiU. I hn<i there U
a taste difference between pro­duce
from CSA and from the
produce bought at corporate
grocery stores.”
Flagstaff CSA started as
a partnership with Crooked
Sky Farms in fall 2002 with
70 members. The group op­erates
nine months out of the
year, October through June.
The organization breaks for the
summer season, allowing for
CSA members to support the
FL^&taf£ Community Farmer’s
Market.
Martin is committed to
sustainable farming using nat­ural
methods and regionally
appropriate crops.
In the United States, the
average grocery stores produce
travels nearly 1,500 miles be­tween
the farm w'here it was
grown and the refrigerator it
ends up in. Additionally, ap­proximately
40 percent of fruit
is produced in other countries
and - is. likely to travel 1,800
miles to get to its destination
grocery store, according to
Sustai nabletable.org.
Heather Farley, a staff
member at the Office of Sus­tainability
at NAU, said split­ting
the membership with a
friend helps reduce cost and
See CSA, Page 4
N O R T H E R N A R I Z O N A U
u m b e r j a c k The Independent Student Voice J
Sept. 11, 2008 - Sept. 17. 2008
Issue 3» Volum e 9 8
www. J ac kC en tral.com

Inside Flagstaff surpasses Phoenix and Tucson in gas prices
VISUAL AID:
comic artists join a
pag« 2
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PUMPED UP:
5 prices plague
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... ■ -
AUTUMN ROMERO
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
Gas prices are continu­ously
skyrocketing toward $4
across the country, and out of
the three university towns in
' the state of Arizona, Flagstaff is
experiencing the most expen­sive
gas prices.
With $3.85 as the most
recent average high in Flagstaff,
it generally takes $30-70 to fill
up a car's tank. Two years ago,
the average price was $2.95 per
gallon in Flagstaff.
According to Arizona-
GasPrices.com, the state of
Arizona follows the U.S. aver­age.
The price is broken down
into four categories (taxes, dis­tribution
and marketing, refin­ing
and crude oil), and each
person who fills up a tank pays
for a certain percentage of each
category, the most being crude
oil coming from foreign or do­mestic
sources.
It is more expensive to
distribute gas to Flagstaff be­cause
it is in a more rural en­vironment
than Phoenix or
Tucson, and, therefore, more
difficult to deliver to because
there are fewer stations and its
distance from the other two
main cities of Arizona.
“Every time I come up
to Flagstaff for snowboarding,
the gas prices are higher and
higher,” said Phoenix resident
Shannon Jenkins. “Phoenix
prices are nothing like Flag­staff’s.
And Holbrooks are even
worse. It all has to do with get­ting
the gas to those stations”
The population of a city
slightly determines the prices.
If a town, such as Holbrook or
Flagstaff, has lower population
than a metropolitan city, such
as Phoenix and Tucson, the
prices are going to be higher
because of the relative shortage
of demand. The more people
there are to pay for gas, the less
strain there is on stations to
make up for distribution and
marketing.
“It does get a little upset­ting
to switch the gas boards
to higher prices everyday,”
said Conoco manager Frank
Gillespie. "It iust cannot be
Chad Seston/The Lumberiack
A GAS STATION in Flagstaff showing its current gas prices. Gas prices are higher in
Flagstaff than the other major Arizona cities, Phoenix and Tucson.
any lower than it is because
the profits pay tor the delivery
and for the gas itself, as well as
other things like pump mainte
nance. 1 know station owners
who have stopped ordering gas
because it isn’t worth it any­more."
Gillespie said Flagstaff
has the cheapest gas in the
area.
‘ Being here in town helps
because it’s in between Las Ve-
Sm GAS, Pa*# 6
Bill bans
same-sex
marriage,
again
DAVID PINCUS
T h e L u m b e r j a c k .
A dispute over the
wording in Proposition 102
was resolved on Aug. 28,
ending a disagreement be­tween
Secretary of State Jan
Brewer and Attorney Gen­eral
Terry Goddard; Arizona
voters will be informed that
if they vote “no1* on the bill
to ban same-sex marriage
in the state constitution, gay
marriage and civil unions
still will not be legal.
Brewer sued Goddard
in late August over the ex­planation
of “no" on the No­vember
ballot. It is the sec­retary
of state’s duty to draft
a bill’s language, while the
attorney general is respon­sible
for approving it.
The proposition, as *
submitted by -Goddard,
mentioned a state statute
in 1996 which exclusively
defined marriage as a male-female
union. Brewer did
not want this statute to be
referenced in the bill and in­stead
wanted it to say a vote
against Prop. 102 would,
"have the effect of retaining
the current Laws regarding
marriage”
Brewer initially said
she felt it would be too con­fusing
to mention the past
law. While she stands by that
statement, she did admit in
a report by Capitol Media
Services that she wanted
the revamped definition
because without one, fewer
people might vote for it.
Kevin Tyne, the dep­uty'
secretary of state, insists
politics did not Influence
Brewer’s actions.
"Wilat the secretary of
state was concerned about
was not confusing the vot­ers
and not crafting partial
language,” Tyne said. “She
was taking the attorney gen­eral
to task because he over­stepped
his boundaries. Its
all water under the bridge
now, because the two were
See MARRIAGE,
Page 5
Teal ribbons raise awareness about sexual assualt
STEPHANIE HARRIS
T h e L u m b €Rj a c k
The Teal Ribbon Cam­paign
has once again come
to the NAU campus, raising
awareness of sexual assault and
rape.
The. Teal Ribbon Cam­paign,
formerly known as the
Purple Ribbon Campaign, is
the fall sexual assault awareness
campaign organized by Associ­ated
Students for Women’s Is­sues
(ASWI). It is designed to
distribute teal colored ribbons
to students at NAU to wear in
solidarity with survivors, and
to show a dedication to sexual
assault prevention on campus
and in the community.
ASWI decided to change
the color of the ribbon purple
to teal to align their campaign
with a similar one in the com­munity.
The first event for The
Teal Ribbon campaign was
Teal Voices, a night of spoken
word held in the Liberal Arts
building last week. The poetry
reading in LA 135 all centered
on sexual assualt and rape.
Liz Lyon, a junior an­thropology
major, read poetry
at the event. She spoke about
being rexually assaulted in her
dorm freshman year.
“It was the hardest, most
wonderful year of my life,”
Lyon said at Teal Voices.
“It went from assault to
trial and the assaulter defended
himself in court” Lyon contin­ued.
“I was forced to speak in
front of strangers about what
he did to me. 1 have become a
stronger woman from my ex­periences
and it made me able
to speak here today.”
According to the Teal
Ribbon Campaigns handouts,
one in six students is sexually
assualted.
See RIBBON, Paqe 7
: — —-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ -------------------------- — — ------------------------------- ---- — ------- ------ .-------- . jl .____
Crooked Sky harvests link to land, food and farmers
CAYSON MORISON OF CROOKED SKY tends the Crooked Sky Farms booth. Crooked Sky Farms w o rk s in p a rtn e rs h ip with C o m m u n ity Supported
Agriculture to provide naturally-grown produce to the Flagstaff community. CSA members get a variety o f produce th ro u g h th e fa ll, winter an d spring
seasons for $20 a week.
KATE HINOJOSA
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
-j- Enjoy localiy-gxown pro­duce
through fall, winter and
spring for just $20 a week.
Begi nning Oct. 9, farmer
Frank Martin’s Crooked Sky
Farms will be delivering nat­urally-
grown produce from
Glendale to Community Sup­ported
Agriculture Project
(CSA) members at Bibly Re­search
Center on campus.
Members of CSA pay $20
in advance, risking the possib-lity
of a bad harvest, while sup­porting
independent tarming.
Shea Bodine, a sopho­more
biology major, said she
can taste the difference be­tween
locally-grown produce
and vegetables bought from a
grocery store.
“I only purchase my pro­duce
through local farmer’s
markets,” Bodine said. “I 9m
all for supporting local sellers,
plus knowing where my food
is coming from and how it is
grown makes me continue my
shoppmg habiU. I hn